Isearch.shopathome.com Removal Guide

Isearch.shopathome.com is a well known startpage and homepage hijacker that is bundled with free software. When you install such free software, this Browser Hijacker will install automatically on your computer and it will change default configuration settings of your browsers and your default search engine. Usually, it changes the default homepage of your browsers and replaces the default Google search provider with Isearch.shopathome.com search engine.

The Isearch.shopathome.com homepage hijacker is created to attract more and more online users to their domains so the creators of this adware / malware could generate income from online traffic. Anyhow, this malware should be terminated immediately as it is a serious threat to your Online identity. From now on, each time the user on the infected computer tries to use Google, he will be redirected to Isearch.shopathome.com instead. And when you use the Isearch.shopathome.com, it will bring inaccurate information loaded with spam and third-party advertising.

Many users have no idea where Isearch.shopathome.com did come from, so it’s not surprising at all that most of them assume that it is a virus. The Isearch.shopathome.com Browser Hijacker is bundled within the custom installers on many malicious download sites. When this Browser Hijacker is present on your computer you can use the instructions below to remove the Isearch.shopathome.com Browser Hijacker completely from your computer in a few steps with free tools.

Isearch.shopathome.com Removal Guide

Isearch.shopathome.com Removal Guide

All tools used in our Isearch.shopathome.com removal guide are completely free to use and should remove any trace of malware from your computer.
Please be aware that removing Malware is not so simple, and we strongly recommend to backup your personal files and folders before you start the malware removal process.

4. Run a full scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.

At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

Then click Finish.

If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.

When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

Be sure that everything is Checked (ticked) except items in the C:\System Volume Information folder and click on Remove Selected.

You can use the right mousbutton to check the ‘Check all items‘ option before you click on Remove Selected

If you accidently close it, the log file is saved here and will be named like this: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\Logs\mbam-log-date (time).txt

Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts.

Click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process.

If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware.

After the restart in Normal mode, start Malwarebytes Anti-Malware again and perform a Quick scan to verify that there are no remaining threats.

If in case it is not present, you need to find and remove relevant extensions or other extensions you don’t install your self.

Now restart Google Chrome.

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Some of the programs that we used in our malware removal guides would be a good idea to keep and used often in helping to keep the computer clean. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is one of the most powerful anti-malware tools. It is totally free but for real-time protection you will have to pay a small one-time fee. The license of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is life-time so you have to buy it once, and because Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a great addition to your regular virusscanner of security programs.